Sanitary protective device for cuspidors.



E. NILSEN. l SANITARY PROTECTIV E DEVICE POR G USPQORS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, 1914.

,Patented Deo. 22, 1914.

EINAR NILSEN, F BALTIMORE, .1llIIAIEtYLANID` SANITARY PROTECTIVE DEVICE FOR CUSPIDORS.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

Application led June 30, 1914. Serial No. 848,287.

To all whom 'it may concern.

Be it known that I, Emmi NILSBN, a subject of the King of Norway, residingr at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useiul Improvements in Sanitary Protective Devices for Cuspidors, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a sanitary protective devicefor cuspidors, the essence of the invention lying in the provision of a suitable receptacle to receive the cuspidor, including a cover `for said receptacle which constitutes a holding means for a disinfective or deodorizing agent, manually operable means being employed to open said cover to gain access to the cuspidor.

It is further contemplated as a novel tea-V ture of my invention lto provide locking means for the cover so that it may be hel in open position when desired to facilitate removal of the cuspidor for cleansing purposes as well as to enable renewal of the disinfecting agent before mentioned.

These and such other objects as may hereinafter appear are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and claimed.

Reference will now be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification wherein:

Fi` ire 1 is a perspective view of a device forming an embodiment of my invention. l" ig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the device. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view showing more clearly the operative connection between the cover of the receptacle and its operating member. Fig. 4 is a. horizontal, sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. Q. Fig. 5 is a detail fragmentary sectional view on the line of Fig. 4 showing more clearlv the interlocking means intermediate the cover and the receptacle for holding said cover in open position: and Fig. 6 is a fragmentary. sectional view on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5.

Throughout the following detail description. and on the several figures of the drawings, similar parts are referred to by like reference characters.

Referring to the drawing. the numeral 1 designates a receptacle of any desirable ,v shape and suitable size for containing a cusnidor oi conventional form designated 2. The receptacle is provided with a cover 3 pivotally secured to the rear and topmost edge of the receptacle upon a pintle 4. Disposed at the rear of the receptacle 1 is a vertical tubular standard 5 preferably secured'to the rearmost wall of said receptacle by means of a clip 6. This standard constitutes a housing and a guide means for the operating rod 7 provided at its lower extremitv with a rack section 8 intermeshing through-an opening in the lowermost portion of the standard with a gear element 9 formed on the pivotcd edge of the cover as most clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The lower extremity of the operating rod 1s preferably formed with a plunger or piston 10 resting upon a spiral spring 11 inserted into the bottom of the standard, a removable plug 12 enabling such disposition of the sprmg member.

It will be obvious from the foregoing description that access to the interior of the receptacle 1 whenever it is desired to use the cuspidorv may be gained byv depressing the operating rod 7 at its upper extremity 7', movement of the rod against the expansive action of the spring opening the cover 3 through the instrumentality of the rack and gear connection between said rod and the same. Release of pressure upon the rod will permit the spring l11 to actuate the cover to positively close the receptacle in an obvious manner. The cover, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, is provided with a shallow recess in which is disposed a deodorizing or disinfecting agent designated in the drawings by the numeral 13, said agent being held in position by means of a screen 14 detachably secured to the underside of the cover by means of fastening members 15, shown in Fig. 4. If desired the disinfectant may be inserted through opening in top beneath pivoted cap 3.

In order to facilitate the removal ot tht` cuspidor for cleaning purposes or the renewal of the disinfecting agent 14 I preferably provide locking means for holding the cover in open position which locking means is normally1 inactive so far as opening and closing actions of the cover are concerned. To this end the pintle 4 for the cover is provided intermediate its lengith with an offstanding lag 4 which is adapted to interlock with a. notch or recess 9 in the gear element 9 of the cover when the pintle is shifted longitudinally in its bearings at the sides of the receptacle 1, such interlocking action only be* ing applicable, however, when the cover in raisedV position and the notch 9 is brought into registering position with re-h spect to the lug 4. In order to prevent ro` tation of the pintle 4 when thus engaged, one offits extremities designated ai. is made square in cross section as shown in F ig. (i and the bearing at this side of the receptacle being'likewise shaped to enable the pintle to be interlocked with said receptacle when shifted laterally as heieinbefore mentioned. The extremities of the pintlc extend ont from the Wall of the receptacle so as to provide manipulating means therefor to cause the shifting action which may be acco1nplished by moving the pintle with the foot while the cover is held in raised .position by depression of the operating rod extremity 7.

The foregoing device may be cheaply manufactured and forms a most sanitary iu'otective arrangement for confining the odors from a cuspidor and maintaining the same in disinfected condition.

Having thus described my what I claim as my invention is:

l. Ina sanitiry protective device for cuspidors, the combination of a receptacle in which said cuspidor is disposed, a cover member pivotally secured to the receptacle, an operating member operatively1 connected to the cover member for actuating'the same to open and close the receptacle, and locking means intermediate the operating meminvention bei?V and the cover for holding the cover in open osition to Ifacilitate removal of the cuspi or from th(` receptacle, said lockingf- Witnesses:

means constituting'a pivot for said cover.

2. In a sanitary protective device forenspidors, the combination 'of a receptacle in which said cuspidor is disposed,` a cover member for said receptacle, a shiftable pintle for said cover member having its bearings in said receptacle, an operating member operatively connected to the cover for actuating the same, and means for moving said pintleto cause interlocking connection intermediate the coi-er and the receptacle to maintain the cover in open position.

3. In a sanitary protective device for cuspidors, thc combination of a receptacle in which said cuspidor is disposed, a cover member pivotally secured to the receptacle,

a pintle for said Vcover having its bearings in the receptacle and sliiftable in a longitu .iintle, the gear element of the cover being provided with a recess in which the lug aforesaid is adapted to engage when the,

cover is in raised position upon shifting of the pintle laterally with respect to said cover, the pintle aforesaid having interlocking connection with the receptacle wherebyto prevent rotation of said pintle when the lug is interloclted with the cover.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. l w

' EINAR NILSEN.

G. W. MARTIN, H. Bimenes. 

